Research challenges previously held ideas about Tasmanian tiger
A new Australian study has shed light on how the thylacine subdued its prey and what kinds of…
Thylacine head find at UK auction a ‘holy grail’ for collector James Cranfield
A collector says a suspected thylacine head he bought at an auction in the United Kingdom is the…
The sheep-killer myth that helped drive the Tasmanian tiger to extinction and why scientists think farmers got it wrong |
For decades, the Tasmanian tiger was portrayed as Australia’s most feared livestock predator. Farmers blamed it for dead…
Tasmanian tiger footprints show the carnivorous marsupial once roamed South Australian coast
New evidence has emerged that Tasmanian tigers once roamed South Australia’s Eyre Peninsula. Thylacines (Thylacinus cynocephalus) were marsupial…
Gene editing lets scientists alter wild animal DNA for conservation. But should they?
Frogs that are part alpaca and other genetically engineered wildlife could soon be running and hopping around Australia.…
02 | Artificial Evolution: Genetically Modified Marsupials
Earlier this year, a US biotech company claimed it had brought back a long-extinct species — the dire…
Nine decades on, a witness to the last Tasmanian thylacine recounts her experience
Even after nine decades, Peggie Bassett can still remember the guttural growl and striking scent of the last…
Nine decades on, a witness to the last Tasmanian thylacine recounts her experience
Even after nine decades, Peggie Bassett can still remember the guttural growl and striking scent of the last…